Synonyms for mother
ˈmʌð ərmoth·er

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1. Mothernoun

   Synonyms:
   Mummy, Mum, Goddess, Mom

   Antonyms:
   Father

2. Mothernoun

   One's mother

   Synonyms:
   Mom, Mum, Mummy, Goddess

   Antonyms:
   Father

3. Mothernoun

   A title given to a nun or a priestess

   Synonyms:
   Goddess, Mom, Mum, Mummy

   Antonyms:
   Father

4. Mothernoun

   One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a virginal Maiden but younger than a old woman Crone.

   Synonyms:
   Goddess, Mum, Mummy, Mom

   Antonyms:
   Father

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1. mother, female parentnoun

   a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

   "the mother of three children"

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   begetter, father, male parent

2. mothernoun

   a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   male parent, begetter, father

3. mothernoun

   a term of address for an elderly woman

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   male parent, father, begetter

4. mothernoun

   a term of address for a mother superior

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   begetter, male parent, father

5. motherverb

   a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

   "necessity is the mother of invention"

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   male parent, father, begetter

6. mother, fuss, overprotectverb

   care for like a mother

   "She fusses over her husband"

   Synonyms:
   get, fuss, overprotect, father, niggle, fret, sire, bring forth, beget, engender, generate

   Antonyms:
   begetter, male parent, father

Matched Categories

1. • Abbess
   • Old Woman
   • Parent
   • Yeast

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mothernoun

   Synonyms:
   MAMMA, female parent, dam (applied to a beast)

2. motheradjective

   Synonyms:
   native, natural

3. motheradjective

   Synonyms:
   vernacular

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mothernoun

   Synonyms:
   materfamilias, matron, matriarch, generatrix, dam

   Associated words:
   cognate, cognation, matricide, maternalism, uterine, matriarchy, matriarchal

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1. List of paraphrases for "mother":

   mom, mum, mothers, mama, parent, madre, mommy, maternal, mère, mamma, ma, motherland, moms, ema, momma, mummy, stem, mam, pmtct, motherhood, mammy, mati

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How to use mother in a sentence?

1. Tua Muai:

   I spent Mother's Day planning my son’s funeral, writing his obituary, instead of having breakfast or flowers or ‘ I love you mom, ’ try to imagine what it would be like and multiply that by infinity and that's kind of what it's like … there's no words. Tua, who was in sixth grade, was described as a child who loves football and has a.

2. Jean Guglielminotti:

   These situations are often coupled with a new mother's dissatisfaction with anesthesia in general, and can lead to negative mental health outcomes.

3. Beatrice Lillie:

   I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

4. Los Angeles:

   As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother, he was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.

5. Felicity Huffman:

   In my desperation to be a good mother I talked Felicity Huffman into believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot, i see the irony in that statement now because what I have done is the opposite of fair. I have broken the law, deceived the educational community, betrayed my daughter and failed my family.